starchiness
- a word derived from starchy.
Example Sentences
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With their inherent starchiness, oats can help thicken and stabilize frozen desserts, keeping ice crystals at bay.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 26, 2022
I’m a mild dissenter from the outrage at the investigation’s starchiness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2022
The squash is a touch denser, given the starchiness of the starring vegetable, but with a lighter flavor.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 19, 2021
But Ali, done up with Igor Stravinsky’s stern glasses and spindly mustache, is majestic, with a genteel starchiness that soon reveals tragic layers.
From Slate ● Nov. 14, 2018
Even Petronella's soft green gown seemed made of some mystical stuff which had nothing in common with the cool white or blue starchiness of the uniforms of nurses.
From The Gay Cockade by Bailey, Temple
